The dish smells        and you’d better throw it away.

A．good B．well   C．bad   D．badly

We looked at each other        surprise when we heard a bird singing “Happy birthday to you”.

A．in      B．to      C．by     D．at

The shop assistant said he knew        .

A．where does the manager live                        B．where the manager lives

C．where did the manager live                          D．where the manager lived

--- Our family are traveling to Germany for the Beer Festival.

---           

A．Congratulations!          B．See you later!       C．Have fun!               D．Take care!

The young soldier really doesn’t know       to stop the baby from crying hard.

A．what to do                  B．how to do            C．when to do          D．where to do

--- Boys and girls! Please       your compositions after class.

--- Oh, my God! I         it at home.

A．hand in; forgot            B．hand in; left         C．hand out; forgot   D．hand out; left

In North America people are always in a hurry. Children have   1   lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don’t get home   2   7 or 8 o’clock at night. More than 50 percent of women work at full – time jobs, and many people do part – time work. It isn’t a   3   that the North American family doesn’t have the time to eat many meals together.

When a family takes the time to eat a meal   4   often there isn’t enough time to   5   the food. That is   6   “fast food” is so popular in North America. People spend about 40 percent of their food dollars   7   fast food.

Fast food is food such as hamburgers, pizza, sandwiches, or fried chicken. People usually   8   the food from a restaurant chain (连锁店) such as Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, or Kentucky Fried Chicken. Fast food   9  work and time,   10  it is not very healthy.

Fast food is   11   in many countries all over the world. Not everyone is happy about the   12   of North American fast food. A group of people in Italy want to   13   against the spread of American fast food. They do not want any more fast – food chains to open restaurants in   14   country. Their group is   15   the Slow Food Movement. They play to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere.

1．A．special                  B．double                 C．normal                D．modern

2．A．as                         B．after                    C．until                    D．unless

3．A．shock                   B．surprise               C．pity                     D．decision

4．A．alone                    B．once                   C．together              D．again

5．A．cover                    B．serve                   C．create                 D．prepare

6．A．how                     B．what                   C．when                  D．why

7．A．about                    B．on                       C．in                       D．at

8．A．share                    B．fetch                   C．buy                     D．sell

9．A．gives                    B．saves                  C．provides              D．wastes

10．A．but                     B．and                     C．or                       D．so

11．A．fantastic              B．different              C．natural                D．popular

12．A．spirit                   B．situation              C．spread                 D．price

13．A．turn                    B．fight                    C．press                  D．hold

14．A．their                    B．his                      C．her                     D．its

15．A．called                  B．spelled                 C．thought               D．known

At the Beijing time 14:28 May 12, 2008, a strong earthquake suddenly happened in Sichuan Province.

As they saw a young woman in broken houses, the rescue (营救) workers were sad to find that she had already been dead, yet surprised to notice her kneeling down with her hands touching the ground to support her weight – and right under her shelter of flesh and blood (血肉), her several – month – old baby was sleeping, safe and sound.

The baby was put around carefully in a little quilt (被子), with a mobile phone inside. An unsent text message was found that read:

“Dear Baby, if you Could Be Alive, Please Remember That Mum Always Love You!”

As it was too young to know what was really going on, the baby’s dream must have been free from nightmare (恶梦), though a nightmare was taking place. However, it was the mother’s love that prevented the nightmare from falling upon the young dreamer.

Mother’s love at her last breath!!!

1．It was        when the baby was found.

       A．crying                 B．dying                  C．sitting                 D．sleeping

2．The mother knelt down with her hands touching the ground in order to         .

       A．have a rest                                          B．save her baby

       C．protect herself                                     D．prevent the nightmare

3．Which of the following is true about the text message?

       A．It was a message to the baby’s father.

       B．It had already been sent out when found.

       C．The mother hoped that her baby could live.

       D．The mother wouldn’t like the message to be found.

4．The passage is mainly about         .

       A．mother’s love   B．Sichuan earthquake  C．a lucky baby    D．the last breath

What does blood do for us? It brings food to all parts of our bodies and takes waste away from them. All parts of our bodies are made of cells(细胞). These cells are very small. They all need food all the time. No one had seen cells before the invention of microscope. No one could make pictures of cells because no one could see them.

What makes the blood move round the body? The heart does. The heart is a pump. It pumps the blood and sends it round the body. The heart has rooms with doors between them. It pumps blood in and out through these doors by changing the size of the rooms so that the doors are opened and shut. The heart keeps a stream of blood going all around the body and back again to itself. The heart is a very important part of one’s body. When it stops beating, one will die.

1．Blood is important to our body because it can           .

       A．provide pictures of cells                       B．bring food and take waste

       C．form a stream                                     D．move around the heart

2．What does the underlined word “microscope” mean in Chinese?

       A．显微镜               B．探测仪                C．放大镜               D．摄像机

3．According to the passage, a pump is used to        .

       A．open or shut doors                               B．send something up

       C．change the size of rooms                      D．make something in or out

People often said Thomas Edison was the greatest genius of his age. There are only a few men in all of history, who have changed the lives of other men as much as the inventor of the first useful electric light. But Edison could never be pleased only because someone said he was a genius. “There is no such thing as genius,” Edison said. He thought what people called genius was mostly hard work.

But Edison was a dreamer as well as a worker. From his earliest days as a child he wondered about the secrets of nature. He tried to understand them, and then he tried to learn what he could usefully do with them.

Edison enjoyed thinking. He knew that most people would do almost anything instead of the difficult work of thinking, especially if they do not think very often. But he knew, too, that thinking could give men enjoyment and pleasure.

Edison could not understand how anyone could not be interested in life. As he loved to think, he also loved to work. On the day he became 75 years old, someone asked him what idea he had about life. “Work,” he answered, “Discovering the secrets of nature and using them to make men happier.” He said he had enough inventions in his mind to give him another 100 years of work.

1．According to Thomas Edison, what’s genius?

       A．Hard thinking.                                     B．Hard work.

       C．Useful dreams.                                    D．Useful inventions.

2．After exploring the secrets of nature, Edison always tried to         .

       A．write down what he had learnt              B．carry out a new experiment

       C．make them useful in life                        D．share them with others

3．Edison could not understand         .

      A．how anybody enjoyed life                     B．how anybody loved working

       C．why anybody loved thinking                 D．why anybody was tired of life

4．The last sentence in the passage means that           .

       A．Edison was born to be a great inventor

       B．Edison was able to live another 100 years

       C．Edison was ready to make his 100th invention

       D．life was too short for Edison to work for human beings